Schindler's List is a 1993 film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel (SS)-officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.

The film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score, as well as numerous other awards (7 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes). In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time (up one position from its 9th place listing on the 1998 list).----------David's List of Celebrity Buddhists

"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.

"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]

"According to naive set theory, any definable collection is a set. Let R be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. If R qualifies as a member of itself, it would contradict its own definition as a set containing all sets that are not members of themselves. On the other hand, if such a set is not a member of itself, it would qualify as a member of itself by the same definition. This contradiction is Russell's paradox.

"...There are some versions of this paradox that are closer to real-life situations and may be easier to understand for non-logicians. For example, the Barber paradox supposes a barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves and only men who do not shave themselves. When one thinks about whether the barber should shave himself or not, the paradox begins to emerge."

"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.

"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]

"According to naive set theory, any definable collection is a set. Let R be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. If R qualifies as a member of itself, it would contradict its own definition as a set containing all sets that are not members of themselves. On the other hand, if such a set is not a member of itself, it would qualify as a member of itself by the same definition. This contradiction is Russell's paradox.

"...There are some versions of this paradox that are closer to real-life situations and may be easier to understand for non-logicians. For example, the Barber paradox supposes a barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves and only men who do not shave themselves. When one thinks about whether the barber should shave himself or not, the paradox begins to emerge."

but as a barber he would need to pay himself to shave himself, and a profession is not the whole of anyone, so it would depend if he is shaving as a professional service or not!

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion … ...He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.John Stuart Mill

"According to naive set theory, any definable collection is a set. Let R be the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. If R qualifies as a member of itself, it would contradict its own definition as a set containing all sets that are not members of themselves. On the other hand, if such a set is not a member of itself, it would qualify as a member of itself by the same definition. This contradiction is Russell's paradox.

"...There are some versions of this paradox that are closer to real-life situations and may be easier to understand for non-logicians. For example, the Barber paradox supposes a barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves and only men who do not shave themselves. When one thinks about whether the barber should shave himself or not, the paradox begins to emerge."

but as a barber he would need to pay himself to shave himself, and a profession is not the whole of anyone, so it would depend if he is shaving as a professional service or not!

I doubt it is anything but a label to her and the minions of hollywood buddhists. her tatts are nothing but a fashion accessory.

yawares wrote:Jack Kerouac, author, poet, painter

While I have great respect for Kerouac as a writer. His demise was antithetical of the Dhamma.

Tiger Woods American Golfer

So he says. But his recent behaviour indicates he is anything but.

kind regards,

Ben

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

I doubt it is anything but a label to her and the minions of hollywood buddhists. her tatts are nothing but a fashion accessory.Yawares: I agree with you 100%..Angelinajolie is the strangest Goodwill Ambassador..and may be the only ambassador that has tattoos/naked pictures!!...what can I say..she gave millions to charity and EX-President Bush titled her USA Goodwill Ambassador! BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN BE BETTER IF THEY REALLY WANT TO

yawares wrote:Jack Kerouac, author, poet, painter

While I have great respect for Kerouac as a writer. His demise was antithetical of the Dhamma.yawares knows nothing about him

Tiger Woods American Golfer

So he says. But his recent behaviour indicates he is anything but.yawares : That's what happenned to super-richmen, women who love money/fame would throw themselves at these billionaire men..it will happen again and again....again...SAD BUT SO TRUE !!kind regards,Ben[/quote]yawares loves your comments! AND A SONG FOR U!!Heart Of Gold : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fXaC07X5M8

Thank you, Yawares.Heart of Gold was the first song I learned to play on guitar many years ago.kind regards.Ben

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

yawares: “Millions of babies in pain Millions of mothers in rain Millions of brothers in woe Millions of children nowhere to go”very impressive But I love the song "WE ARE THE WORLD"( by Michael Jackson) the most:

I agree David - totally.Alan Ginsberg was part of the Beat scene and I have been a great fan of Herman Hesse's writings for decades. However, I have neither heard of Ginsberg profess his "faith" nor read about any artefacts of his practice.Hesse's fictionalized depiction of Gautama leads me to believe that he had a very poor understanding of the Buddhadhamma.But then again - I could be way off the mark.kind regards,

Ben

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

From Wikipedia, it seems Ginsberg was really a Buddhist and his teacher was none other than Trungpa.

Hesse, I remember reading somewhere that he actually spent time meditating trying to become enlightened. Presumably it didn't work. I doubt he ever thought of himself as a Buddhist. Siddhartha is partly autobiographical: He meets the Buddha, but realizes that he could not be satisfied by following another person's teachings.

lament wrote:From Wikipedia, it seems Ginsberg was really a Buddhist and his teacher was none other than Trungpa.

Hesse, I remember reading somewhere that he actually spent time meditating trying to become enlightened. Presumably it didn't work. I doubt he ever thought of himself as a Buddhist. Siddhartha is partly autobiographical: He meets the Buddha, but realizes that he could not be satisfied by following another person's teachings.

Dear "lament",Thank you for giving more information about Hesse...I feel like I know/understand him better yawares